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Brace Up.
June II, At.

You are feeling depressed, your appe-
tite is poor. you are bothered with Head.
acne, you are fdgetty, nervous, and gener
ally out of sorts. and want to BRACE up.
Brace up but not with stimulants, spring
basis veay cheap, bad whisky, and which
stimulate you for an hour, and then leave
you in worse condition than before.
What you want is an attentive that will
purify your BLOOD, start healthy action o:
Liver and Kidneys, restore your vitality
aud give renewed health and strength.
Such medicine you will find in Electric
Biiters ADD ooiy 80 celts a bottle at E G.
Williams, Jr. & b, o's., Drug Store.
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THROUGH THE { ZANE.

Tue State law goverh,h2 1ha XII
ing of game provides bat phesssn~s
may be Killed from October 10
January |; Turkeys from September
Is to J.rnusry / aid deer from Sep
TENDER 5 to December 10.
A little dauenler Of john Haw
kins, OF ColfAx, Ma, iou comfy, aged
about ne years, fell f,om a stone
wall. distalre of blue ot zen feel.
and ia falling sue displaced a ror<
weighing about $50 pounds, which
fell on Que OF her h.abs, c,Jshin2
The thi2h.
Rc3in Tucker. young Taylor
county mau, who unfor,no~.eiy is a
cripple, aud Laura Gooo wa, a re
young thing of scarce Is years OF
ace, fell IN love with eacn oUher end
eloped to Oakland, where they were
married. Then they returned so be
forgiven and blesl.
County Surveyor D. j. Taft, OF
Barbour county, WAS engaged in SUI :
veying a piece of land purchased un-
der decree Of court, when he and
the party assisting him wereassault-
Cd bv four men, WHO claimed 10 own
The land, Warrants were gotten
out for the assaulting party snd they
are held 10 answer to court for riot
ing.
The Piedmont Herald says: The
people of Barton were startled by
Che finding OF Tue body of Salem
Moore in his residence at Dogtown.
He had not been seen on Tue streets
for about Two weeks, ADD it is sup
posed that by the decomposed state
of the body he had been dead about
ten days. Il was al first supposed
that foul play bad been pcrpeLrated,
but upon close examination Ia was
found that death resulted from Datr-
raj causes.
TIE people OF Foipt Pleasant fare
now discdsslog the question as 10
whether Tue deatl Of Charles M.
Ke1ney, tue youog druggist who
was supposed TO have poisoned him
self few days siure. was caused by
poison or stroke of lightning. The
pieces Of metal in bis pockets were
found TO be heavily nagoetized and
this coupled with tne fact that ,ghi
ming may kill mao aod leave no
mark, leads maov 10 think tuaG he
did not kill himself.
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FARMERS who may desire to use
"south Carolina Bone" STRICTLY pure,
and first class article we can save you
money if you will come to see us.
ct c. NJ. SHAFFER & SON &.
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A Woman from Austria.

dorf, in Lower Austria, lives
Maria Haas, an intelligent and
industrious woman, whose story
of physical suffering and final
relief, as related by herself, is
of interest to English women.
81 was employed" she says,
GIN the work of a large farm
house. Overwork brought con
sick headache, followed by a
deathly fainting and sickness
of the stomach, until | was
unable to retain either food or
drink. / was compelled to
take to my bed for several
weeks. Getting a little better
from rest and quiet, I sought
to do some work, but was soon
taken with a pain in my side,
which IN little while seemed
to spread over my whole body,
and throbbed in my every limb.
This was followed by a cough
and shortness of breath, until
finally I could not sew, and |
took to my bed for the second,
and, as | thought, for the last
time. My friends told me that
my time had nearly come, and
that | could not live longer
than when the trees put on
their green once more. Then |
happened to get one of the Sci
gel pamphlets. I read it, and
my dear mother bought me a
bottle of SE1GEL's SYRUP,
Shaker Extract of Roots)
which I took exactly according
to- directions, and | had not
taken the whole of it before [
felt a change for the better. My
last illness began June Sd,
1882, and continued to August
eth, when | began to take the
Syrup. Very soon | could do a
little light work. The cough
left me, and l was no more
troubled in breathing. Now l
I'm perfectly cured; and oh,
now happy I am! I cannot
express gratitude enough for
SEIGEL's SYRUP Shaker Ex-
tract of Roots). Now | must
tell you that the doctors in our
district distributed handbills
cautioning the people against
the medicine, telling them it
would do no good, and many
were thereby influenced to de-
stroy the Seigel pamphlets; but
now, whenever one is to be
found, it is kept like a relic.
The few preserved are bor-
rowed to read, and l have lent
mine for six miles around our
district. People have come
eighteen miles to get me to buy
the medicine for them, know
ing that it cured me, and to be
sure to get the right kind. l
know woman who was look
ing like death, and who told
them there was no help for her,
that she had consulted several
doctors, but none could help
her. | told her of Seigels
Syrup, and wrote the name
down for her that she might
make no mistake. She took
my advice and the Syrup, and
now she is in perfect health,
and the people around us are
amazed. The medicine has
made such progress in our
neighborhood that people say
they don't want the doctor any
more, but they take the Syrup.
Sufferers from govt who were
confined to their beds and could
hardly move a finger have been
cured by it. There is a girl in
our district who caught cold
by going through some water,
and was in bed five years with
costiveness and rheumatic pains,
and had to hava on attendant
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Ii is bad FOR a mau:to work - years for
reputation. 20 per cent. saved at the old
Reliable Jewelry Store, largest stock in
town, see Hyde's Jswelry Store
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ALWAYS get Tue best, tbe AURORA
WATCH AZ Hydes Jewelry Store. This
wa ch is wa acted by special Ger tifcfte
Call nd see beu.
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C,EE OUR Ash OrJULY Shoes SEE
- our X. Of l. SHOES, 9.
C.P. HERRING & Co,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-23

an ace or one point, 1t the in player fails.
he is put out, the scorer calling ''hand ont, :"
and changes places with his opponent.
Fifteen points constitutes game, unless
the score is tied at ID or "A. in which case
the out player may call for OF more
aces 10 win, which is termed .'setting the
game" Rackets is about the liveliest game
played and requires great agility. auickness
of eye and hand. accurate Judgment and
prompt action. A man whose muscles are
slow to respond to his will, or one who is
not promptly decisive and quick in forming
plan OF action. cannot play the game,
Sometimes the bail rebounds clear across
the court above the players head. He
must Judge instantly where it will strike,
how far it Will return and with what speed.
and he must turn in time TO catch it with a
bac k-handed sweep and send it flying to
the wall. Or perhaps the action
OF Ills opponent Indicates a low throw.
and he must spring forward ten, fifteen or
twenty feet 10 get the ball on a short re-
bound. There is no rest for him, The
game is all action and to one not initiated
it is bewildering. 1t brings into play very
near all the muscles, as it necesSitateS run
ming, jumping and striking in all imagin-
able ways The left arm, however, is not
"'NN'' oiiN' q hioii WIZ pay > ldChOto AOl CA
ercise or development needs some gymna-
sum apparatus TO supply the deficiency.
Here we have rowing machines, chest
weights and clubs for that purpose. The
game is excellent for taking the extra flesh
off, and some of the stout gentlemen play
it for that purpose. 1t keeps the instruct
ors, who play at intervals all through the
day with members who want to exercise as
thin as rails. We do not require any other
training. But it is good. heathful, ath-
letc sport, and it requires so much skill and
science to play well that it never ceases to
be interesting
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-23
BOWLING AND RACKETS
The Game of Nine-Pins Popular in Ger
many, England and Holland for
Centuries
How Yankee Ingenuity Gircumvented an
Old Blue Law by Adding an
Extra Pin.
Ladies Who Practice Bowling Do Not
Generally Feel the Need of
COrsetS.
The English Game of Rackets Grow.
ing in Favor--How the Game
is Played.
Special Correspondence of the Globe

special Correspondence OF the Globe.
NEW Y DIRK, Jan. 21.-Probably no mus
cular sport has increased more in popularity
within the past two OF three years than
bowling. 1t is All ancient German game,
and has been played i'll the Faderland for
nobody knows how many centuries. 1t
found its way TO Holland and to England,
ana IN Shakespeare'S time was a favorite
pastime with the sturdy British yeomen.
When the knckerbockerS ,settled on Man
haitian island they brought their nine-pins
and bowls and amused themselves on sum-
mer afternoons by knocking down pins on
the green near the battery Thew kept a
piece of ground level and smooth and
rolled the balls on the turf, and unless the
Dutchmen were unusually skillful. strikes
probably were rare. The little park where
the knickerbOckerS played retains to this
day the name Of Bowling Green. The
Germans have played nine pins so long that
it has become their national game, and
every beer garden has its alley. When
balls are rolled over The ground perfect
accuracy is impossible and therefore
the Germans introduced the improve
ment of the smooth wooden alley The
common form of alley in Germany is differ
erent from that familiar to Americans. 1t
is Il long plankway about Il foot in width,
terminating at one point of a diamond
shaped PLATFORM upon which the nine pins
are SET. These alleys are out of doors, and
although provided with covers that can be
placed over them when it rains, they are
affected by the weather and get warped out
OF line and level to some extent. The mar
rowneSs OF the alley also. limits the posi-
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ont of mind, and they are the best patrons
of the public alleys. Nothing will cure
headache quicker than an hours play with
the balls and pins. Cooked hat. a game
played with three pins, is the favorite with
those who play for fun and exer-
else. They roll small ball. weigh
ing from three to six pounds, which permits
greater activity and quicker delivery than
the eighteen Founders allow. and DO not adj
here closely to the rules. Some men who
care nothing for the fine points of the game
but want to get up perspirarion to take off
superfuous weight, hire an alley by the
hour and roll the balls as fast as they can
without having pins set up. 1t is a common
thing in one of the big bowling establish
ments to see some stout old-party banging
away with great yigor at nothing in partic-
ular, stopping only to give the boy chance
to send down a fresh supply of ammuni-
ton. All sorts of queer styles and atti-
tudes are seen when a party of old BOYS are
having an evenings frolic on an alley, and
boistereus hilarity prevails. A great many
gentlemen have alleys in their houses and
take their exercise at home with their fami-
lies and friends. Cornelius Vanderbilt. for
example, has two alleys in his house on
Fifth avenue, and keeps in good health by
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-23

is very swell and exclusive and is conducted
upon the English plan. They have fine
club house on Sixth avenue, where they go
to play or to meet socially. and sometimes
they invite their friends to witness the play
ing and enjoy the Inequalities of the club.
The racket courts in the club house are two
rectangular wells about 40 feet long. %
wide and 80 deep. The walls and floor are
covered with asphalt and are smooth and
hard and without projections or irregulari-
ties of shape. a balcony for spectators
overlooks each court. The club employs
two or three expert English professionals
to give instruction and take care of the
courts. One of these professionals is AL
bert Wright, who, on the 14th of last \ o.
vember. easily defeatedaHarry BOakes, the
champion aver of Quebec. Wright also
easily defeated Albert Bridger. of Montreal,
who had won a match from Edward Mahon,
another Of the professionals employed by
the Racquette club. Among the club play
erS P. Allen holds the championship.
having won it last year in the tournament.
Six members are entered this year in the
series of games for the Travers-Stuyve-
SAINT cup. Mr.. Wright says: 1.-The game
of rackets is undoubtedly an outgrowth
of the old game of hand-ball, which is very
popular in Ireland as well as England. In
rackets, instead of using the hand to drive
the ball. we employ a bat similar to
that used in lawn tennis. the difference
being that the head is circular and the
handle several inches longer. The man.
ner of playing is this: Two players take
their places in the spaces marked out for
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-23
OLD DOG JOHN TOOK THE TRAIN
What AstOnished a Hunter Who
Thought HIS DOG at Home.

What AstOnished a Hunter Who
Thought HIS DOG at Home.
'Ialking about dogs" said Col. Bond, of
South Water street. according to the Chi
cago Herald, Il used to have a railroad
dog named John who was a regular curl
oSlty. John was raised by an engineer on
the Burlington When the trains Of that
road used to run into the depot at the foot
OF Lake street. The dog regularly accom-
panied his master OH his runs, sometimes in
the engine cab and sometimes in the bag
gage car. He had a great love for rail-
roads and cars, and whenever anything
went wrong with him he started straight
for the Illinois Central depot, probably to
get consolation from the train men, who
always made great pet of him.
Zone day John Watson and L were get
ting ready to go off on a hunt We packed
up our guns, bags. jackets and other ac-
cOutrements. including fishing rods, ETC.
Old John was standing around. looking on
with glee and wagging his tail. Watson
asked me if [ intended to take John along.
and | replied no-that he would have to
stay at home this time. Old Johns tail
instantly dropped between his legs. and he
hung around almost with tears in his eyes.
loaded into a wagon at the front door
When we were ready to start old John
was nowhere to be found. | thought he
had gone off and laid down some
where to pout it out. We got on board the
train and began our journey, not thinking
of old John.
when the train stopped at Aurora
went forward to see how my dogs were
getting along in the baggage car. Imagine
my surprise when | found old John there
with the Others. looking at me as roguish
as you please out of the corner OF his eve
You see, he knew that we were going to
take train, and started off to the only de-
pot he knew anything about, and got
aboard the first train he came to. 1t hap
pened to be our train. The baggageman
said that when John first arrived he skunk
into a corner of the car behind a trunk and
refused to come out and be cOmforted.
When l went into the car with my other
dogs he laid low and never made his pres
ence known to me till we had got so far
away from Chicago that | couldn't send
him back. Old John went with us on that
hunting trip and many more thereafter. l
finally lost him and L suppose he ran off
with some railroad man. A locomotive
had strange fascination for him."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-23
PLENTY OF EXERCISE.

bowling regularly. Women are beginning
TO take interest in the game, and
have organized regular bowling clubs
and play match games PrOprietorS
OF alleys sometimes object to letting ladies
play because they are apt to loft the balls
and injure the alleys. When they play
without cOrSetS. however, and can bend
over enough to roll ball instead of drop
ping it from the heigth of the knee no OBJ
jections are made. Good bowling requires
perfect freedom of action, and women who
play in rational attire soon find that the eX-
ercse strengthens them and renders corsets
unnecessary. No game in which women
can conveniently engage is more beneficial
or more useful as means of physical de-
velopment and culture. Bowling is pecul-
iarly an amateurs game because it offers
few inducements to the professional. 1t
would be difficult for a man to make his
living by bowling. The game was made a
standard sport i'll 1875 by the formation of
the National Bowling association by eleven
clubs of New York and Brooklyn. Dur
ing the past two years hundreds of clubs
have been formed all over the country, and
innumerable matches and tourna-
ments are now held during the
winter for valuable prizes. 1t is not
oO Ceol W lidkC 1uIl SCOI6 VI L6ll
counting 800 points, on a seventy-fOot alley
with regulation balls and pins as it used to
be on the fortyfoot alleys. For a club of
five men 1000 points, or an average of
200 per man. is good string and is seldom
made. 1t is safe to assume that larger
scores reported in the papers are made on
short alleys and not under association rules.
Many athletic and social club houses are
provided with alleys for the use of men,
berS. and indeed no athletic club is COM
plete without alleys. Clubs organizing
solely for bowling find it less expensive to
hire public alleys for practice and for tourn
aments than to build for themselves, and
usually they can get the free use of
alleys for matches. as proprietors are
always anxious to attract custom and
encourage interest in the game. Occasion
ally the expert and athletic bowlers achieve
great feats of strength and endurance. such
as rolling over hundred strings consecu-
lively, involving the handling and delivery
of between 1000 and 5000 balls. or rolling
for fourteen hours steadily.
Another imported game that is acquiring
some popularity, but is not played as much
by the general public yet, is raquette. or
rackets. 1t originated in France and was
adopted in England long time ago. 1t
has been played so long by John Bull that
it is now practically an English game. In
New York number of gentlemen, who be-
came acquitted with the merits of the game
abroad. have organized raquette club that
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kollo books, and that had nearly died of
laughter the first time saw Little Emily,
at the theater when the Mcawber twins
came IN with those white Hopping things
hanging below their short dresses. She
said tnere was a reason for the fashion for
pantaiets, as there is for every decree of
FASHION. People had begun to think it
more sensible TO put short dresses on chill
u 4, rainier than long gowns reaching below
thelr ankles, and to make the costume mod
est the extra coverings for the limbs were
invented. But the presence of tight band
was objectionable on account of its discom-
lort ana the remedy to this led to the next
step III the evolution OF the present lower
undergarment TO the outside of the broad
rune was attached the base of long. acute
angle triangle of cloth. This triangle eX-
tended up to the waist. where it
was outtoned to the chemise. This relieved
the pressure from the band, but, as the
support was one sided, it caused the ruffie
10 hang unevenly at times. The only
remedy for this seemed to be the adoption
OF the present form in which the whole of
the lower portion of the body is covered
For long time, if any body dared dream of
such an innovation she dared not speak of
IT, and when at last the bounds were leaped
by some courageous female who dOnned the
ilrSt drawers. was d wonderful hue and cry,
compared to which anything in the history
OF modern reforms is as nothing. "Women
wear garments like menr' ''Women trying
to get into trousers" Horror. ShameI'
But somehow the storm was weathered, and
the reform prevailed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-23
The W0MAN'S GLOBE.
A Distinguished Dakotian Discourses
Upon the Arbitrariness OF Dame
Fashion.
Vagarles of the Feminine Toilet, From
Pantalette to the Low-Cut
Dress.
erroneous Impression That the Sly
Hsh High Hat is Proper for the
Theater.
some New Inventions in the Way of
hats and Gowns for Charm
ing Wearers

why Joe, dear old boy, is that you?
Sit down and let's try to tie Jolly,
We heen feeling cOnfOundedly blue
30 you re on your way down to see Polly?
CIgarE These are good. Here's light
II III afraid it's vice past repressine).
Draw up TO the lire. a cool night;
And u fire with Il friend)'s rare blessing
How We you been since the ball?-Im at sea
10 know what I'll do when you re married.
Io-morroWs the day-and to me
1t seems all my hopes have miscarried.
on know we had planned a snug den,
w hlch we Two together should dwell in;
Where released from the boredom OF men
wed escape, too, each troublesome Helen.
FL homme propose''-Don't quote it. know
lis love makes the world go" at college
we sang suppose it is so;
But, you know, l can't speak from knowl-
edge.
Get wife for myself" Heavens Joe,
should have to look up my profession,
L am destined to hoe the old row
Fast any attempt at progression.
Hard luck this, old fellow. You smile,
Forgive my nonsensical chatter.
said Lets be jolly'-the while
I've been grumbling. ! truly don't f1atter.
Not going? o. Polly expects you,
AND you won't disappoint her. You're right.
(My secret there no one suspects.) You
Are happy. God bless YOU Good night!
(After Joes departure.)
God bless him, dear fellow but more
God bless his sweet wife. May he prove he =
True husband.
= And now shut the door
On vain dreamings.
Godl how love heri
Edgar Trying Premier.
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them on the floor of the court, and one of
them serves the ball by throwing it with
his racket against the end wall. A line is
painted on the wall at the height of about
ten feet. and the ball must strike above that
line in serving. 1t must also rebound be-
You'd line that divides the floor of the
court midway and within the space occu-
pied by the other ployer. A hard ball.
about as large as an English walnut, is
used. The ball must be caught on the
first bound from the floor and returned
against the wall, when the first player
again tries to get it. After the serving
stroke, the positions within the marked
spaces are not maintained. and the playing
is all over the court. The object of each
player is to make the ball rebound
so that his opponent cannot reach it on the
first bound, or if he reaches it cannot send
it fairly back against the wall. If the out